Martial Peak

Chapter 4155 – Grandmaster Ma Fan

The Proprietress seemed to be walking down memory lane as she said slowly, “About 1,000 years ago, there was a man who was just as gifted as you. He attempted to directly ascend to the High-Rank and in fact, he had encountered countless opportunities and was extremely lucky, so he managed to condense six Element Powers, leaving him just one step away from achieving his goal.”

“What happened then?” Yang Kai turned to look at her.

“Then…” The Proprietress let out a breath, “For some reasons that were beyond his control, he could only become a Fifth-Order Open Heaven Realm Master.”

Yang Kai frowned, “You mean, the last resource that he absorbed was in the Fifth Order?”

In response, the Proprietress gently nodded.

In order to ascend to the Open Heaven Realm, a cultivator had to condense Yin, Yang, and Five Elements into their Dao Seal; however, as for how far one could go, it depended on the lowest Order Element they absorbed. Just like filling a barrel with water, it all depended on the shortest plank to determine how much water could be held. It didn’t matter if the planks were taller as that did not change the maximum capacity of the barrel.

Yang Kai didn’t understand why that man gave up on such a bright future. He was bound to be a Seventh-Order Open Heaven Realm Master, but he ended up becoming a Fifth-Order one. Perhaps there were reasons that he had no control over; otherwise, no one would be willing to make such a decision.

“Where is that man now?” Yang Kai asked.

The Proprietress slowly shook her head.

Seeing that, Yang Kai realised that this man must be dead.

She went on to say, “So, if you want to directly ascend to the High-Rank Open Heaven Realm, your biggest obstacle isn’t how difficult it is to look for High-Rank resources, but the Cave-Heavens and Paradises!”

Yang Kai felt his heart sinking. If it was just as the Proprietress had said, things would become tricky. It had been a long time since these Cave-Heavens and Paradises established themselves in the 3,000 Worlds, so their heritage was shocking. Anyone that had been targeted by them would never live a peaceful life again. There was no doubt that they would relentlessly suppress such a person.

“What if I can join one of the Cave Heavens or Paradises?” The idea suddenly sprang into Yang Kai’s mind. Perhaps he could make use of a top great force’s power to resist such pressure.

The Proprietress chuckled, “There are Thirty-Six Cave-Heavens and Seventy-Two Paradises. Which one do you want to join? If you manage to join one, the other hundred and seven top forces will never agree to it. Which great force would be willing to resist such pressure for you?”

Yang Kai furrowed his brow, “Is there anyone in this world who can directly break through to the High-Rank Open Heaven Realm?”

“Yes.” The Proprietress nodded, “The disciples nurtured by the Cave-Heavens and Paradises from birth have such a chance, but you aren’t one of them. Besides the fact that it is extremely hard to look for Seventh-Order resources, rarely anyone in this world has a good enough aptitude to directly ascend to the High-Rank.”

A furious Yang Kai bellowed, “It’s not fair that they have a chance to ascend to the High-Rank while others can’t!”

“So, if you want to directly ascend to the High-Rank Open Heaven Realm, the road ahead for you will be paved with obstacles and danger. You might even have to go against the entire world.”

trying to tell

choose your own path. Regardless of what decision you make, I will not interfere in

his ambitions, but the result was a complete tragedy. Now, 1,000 years later, history seemed to be repeating

Kai lowered his

the remaining journey, the Proprietress seemed to have lost interest in talking and appeared to be engulfed in an atmosphere of sorrow. As such,

through several Great Territories, the pair

a glance at it before looking around

After that, she hurled the jade away, whereupon it turned into a ray of light and shot forward. As though the ray

brow, knowing that there was a hidden space over there and the jade was the key to

extraordinary. Even a Sixth-Order Open Heaven Realm Master like the Proprietress couldn’t see

of the Nine Heavenly Layers. If the Grand Array was completed, Void Land could also

made such a decision. What the Proprietress had told him made him realise that he would be faced with endless trouble in the future, and

So troublesome!” An aged voice was suddenly heard coming from beyond the portal. It was apparent that he was

be amiable. Feeling troubled,

that the Proprietress was already used to this as she said with a smile, “Grandmaster Ma Fan, it’s me. Please open

that the owner of this

sighed, “It’s you, little girl. Haaa… So troublesome. Come

soon as he finished speaking, the portal opened up and revealed a dark

her, the Proprietress stepped into the passageway first. Not daring to be negligent,

portal, they were greeted by a dazzling light. Yang Kai narrowed his eyes,

Void Land, but after entering this

that he and the Proprietress were still standing in the void. In this space, there were several dozen Stars, and every Star was surrounded by clouds. Every Star looked different, and there was a gigantic Sun Star that was emitting

the entire void was illuminated

that he

times more splendid than this. Moreover, this place is

a Paradise?” Yang Kai

remain the same forever. The 3,000 Worlds aren’t

forces in the world, so what could possibly make one disappear? Was it because of natural or man-made

of a Paradise were already so magnificent, so what about the

this place, he felt

took his arm and led him to a Star before landing on

Ma

but his bitter expression seemed to suggest that he had lost interest in life. It was as though he was

was that even though this elderly man looked ordinary, he